Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
- Star Map
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
The compass can be used to determine the direction to North, and when combined with the GPS it can be used to navigate to predefined locations. The predefined locations, known as beacons, can be created while at a location and at any point you can use the compass to navigate...
- GPS Navigation Service
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Universe Sandbox is an interactive space simulator for Windows based PCs.
Unlike most astronomy software that just shows you what the sky looks like or where the planets are, Universe Sandbox is a powerful gravity simulator. You can add another star to our solar system and watch.
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
3D simulation of the Solar System and night sky - real time virtual orrery and observatory
- Star Map
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
+4AvisFV is a free FITS viewer for Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 (compatible also with most Linux and Mac if WINE is installed).
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
The Starry Night apps are the most comprehensive educational astronomy apps. Use it with your introductory astronomy textbook or on its own. It's a powerful, portable planetarium that fits in your backpack. It puts thousands of stars and planets at your fingertips.
- Star Map
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android Tablet
- iPad
+2It offers a variety of ways to view and analyse tables, including a browser for the cell data themselves, viewers for information about table and column metadata, and facilities for sophisticated interactive 1-, 2-, 3- and higher-dimensional visualisation, calculating statistics...
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Java
Stellarium Mobile is a planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars.
- Star Map
- Paid • Proprietary
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
The Digital Universe Atlas incorporates data from dozens of organizations worldwide to create the most complete and accurate 3-D atlas of the Universe from the local solar neighbourhood out to the edge of the observable Universe.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux